: a style of Southern rap music featuring repetitive chants and rapid dance rhythms
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Unk, born Anthony Platt, was one of the key figures in snap music, a subgenre of crunk that came to prominence in the mid-2000s.
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The Memphis/crunk song is from her second mixtape Ehhthang Ehhthang which was released last year.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2025
The quintessential crunk anthem, produced by Lil Jon, boasts an explosive energy, heavy bass, and call-and-response style lyrics.
—Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 17 June 2024
Coming from the Atlanta hip-hop wild card who helped take crunk into the mainstream 20 years ago–and just shared the Super Bowl stage with Usher–Total Meditation should be shocking.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
When Atlanta hip-hop royalty Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, and Lil Jon showed up, the halftime show became noticeably more crunk (Atlanta-speak for electrifying, turnt up).
—Shaun Harper, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Since then, hip-hop has spawned a mass of subgenres – gangsta rap, crunk and trap among them.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
Where records like Stankonia showed the funky soul and crunk artists like Lil Jon showed the rambunctious, abrasive energy, there was T.I. in a baggy t-shirt and a massive fitted hat, speaking intimately to his neighborhood and those like it.
—Caleb Catlin, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2023
Memphis is the originator of crunk.
—Sierra Porter, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2022
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The Memphis/crunk song is from her second mixtape Ehhthang Ehhthang which was released last year.
—Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 19 Jan. 2025
The quintessential crunk anthem, produced by Lil Jon, boasts an explosive energy, heavy bass, and call-and-response style lyrics.
—Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 17 June 2024
Coming from the Atlanta hip-hop wild card who helped take crunk into the mainstream 20 years ago–and just shared the Super Bowl stage with Usher–Total Meditation should be shocking.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
When Atlanta hip-hop royalty Jermaine Dupri, Ludacris, and Lil Jon showed up, the halftime show became noticeably more crunk (Atlanta-speak for electrifying, turnt up).
—Shaun Harper, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
Since then, hip-hop has spawned a mass of subgenres – gangsta rap, crunk and trap among them.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2023
Where records like Stankonia showed the funky soul and crunk artists like Lil Jon showed the rambunctious, abrasive energy, there was T.I. in a baggy t-shirt and a massive fitted hat, speaking intimately to his neighborhood and those like it.
—Caleb Catlin, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2023
Memphis is the originator of crunk.
—Sierra Porter, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2022
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“Crunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crunk. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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